by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- The person on the other end of the line may just be the critical link in an emergency. Operators in local emergency centers are called telecommunicators. It’s their job to match a caller and their needs with the best and fastest responder; their duties seem simple, but they are essential.
“The 911 dispatchers actually take calls coming in from citizens and they dispatch those calls to emergency responders to be it fire, law, ems. They keep the caller on the phone to make sure they get all the information from the caller to give to the responding agency,” said Lowndes County EMA director Cindy Lawrence.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
Ann Arbor City Council passed a resolution Monday night directing the city administrator to establish an unarmed team to respond to public safety calls.
The idea behind the team is to reduce violent encounters with the police. The resolution posits that experts, specifically non-police people who have training in public health, mental health, and human services, are better equipped to respond to certain emergencies…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
On Wednesday, March 31, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 1 City Councilor Matt McLaughlin, Ward 2 City Councilor J.T. Scott, and city staff held a virtual community meeting to introduce the Public Safety Building Project.
The new facility will house both the Police and Fire Departments as well as community-decided development that has yet to be determined. The focus of constructing this new building is the shared spaces of Police, Fire and Community, which would include spaces for emergency communications, education, wellness, community outreach and clinical support, investigation and evidence, patrol, administration, and specialized training…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — A 2019 study by the McGrath Consulting Group not only recommended a third fire station in the village, but also additional manpower to support it.
And while it’s just a first step toward the latter, the pieces were put into place to do just that Monday night. The Village Board unanimously approved a motion to enter into a contract with Mueller Communications to prepare the public for a possible referendum down the road when it comes to public safety staffing issues…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
Featured among a full agenda is a presentation on allowing the Crawford County Public Safety Department to take responsibility for emergency dispatching services currently performed by Meadville Police Department. When a similar proposal was the focus of a special 2016 council meeting, about 20 residents attended, the vast majority of whom were opposed.
Eliminating city police dispatch staff and allowing the county to provide dispatch services has been among possible cost-saving moves for the cash-strapped city for at least 15 years…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
St. Francois County Joint Communications Center can now rely on a stable stream of funding, as voters determined 3,294 votes to 607, or 84% of the vote, to make permanent the 3/8-cent sales tax they last approved in 2014.
The tax annually generates about $3 million for round-the-clock, emergency 911 dispatch services serving St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties…
